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Article L611-12 of the French Intellectual Property Code

If a first filing has been made in a State which is not a member of the Paris Union or the World Trade Organization, a right of priority attached to that filing having effects equivalent to those provided for by the Paris Convention may be granted under the same conditions only to the extent that that State grants, on the basis of a first filing of a French patent application or an international application or European patent application designating France, an equivalent right of priority.

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Article L611-12

Si un premier dépôt a été effectué dans un Etat qui ne fait pas partie de l’Union de Paris ou de l’Organisation mondiale du commerce, un droit de priorité attaché à ce dépôt ayant des effets équivalents à ceux prévus par la Convention de Paris ne peut être accordé dans les mêmes conditions que dans la mesure où cet Etat accorde, sur la base d’un premier dépôt d’une demande de brevet français ou d’une demande internationale ou de brevet européen désignant la France, un droit de priorité équivalent.

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